by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World
The Boko Haram extremist group has killed over 300 civilians in Nigeria and Cameroon since April, revealed Amnesty International on Tuesday. The rights group said that 381 people were killed in what it described as a resurgence of the extremist organization. The spike...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 23, 2017 | Middle East
Chad is shuttering Qatar’s embassy and giving its diplomats 10 days to leave the country, accusing the Gulf Arab state of trying to destabilize the central African nation via its northern neighbor Libya, it said on Wednesday. According to Reuters, it is not the...
by Khalid Yaymout | Jul 10, 2017 | Features
Rabat – The Sahel and Sahara is one of the international geopolitical regions that is witnessing a bitter conflict between terrorist groups, on the one hand, and regional countries backed by major world powers, on the other. It appears that each side is aware of the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 23, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Riyadh – Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense held a series of meetings with leaders and heads of delegations that participated in Sunday’s Arab-Islamic-US Summit in Riyadh. He received President Idriss Deby Itno of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2017 | World
Abuja, London- An alarming number of children have been used by Boko Haram as suicide bombers in the first months of 2017, UNICEF said Wednesday. Experts said the number of children used in suicide attacks by Boko Haram in public places across Nigeria, Chad, Niger and...